Question

What was the Treaty of Ghent?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ghent

Answer 2

I don't count wikipedia as a source.

Answer 3

@frogs29

Answer 4

The Treaty of Ghent was signed on 24 December 1814, in Ghent (modern-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands), was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom.

Answer 5

Hmmmm....exactly what Wikipedia says ...

Answer 6

Treaty of Ghent: December 24, 1814

The American victory on Lake Champlain led to the conclusion of U.S.-British peace negotiations in Belgium, and on December 24, 1814, the Treaty of Ghent was signed, ending the war. Although the treaty said nothing about two of the key issues that started the war--the rights of neutral U.S. vessels and the impressment of U.S. sailors--it did open up the Great Lakes region to American expansion and was hailed as a diplomatic victory in the United States.

News of the treaty took almost two months to cross the Atlantic, and British forces were not informed of the end of hostilities in time to end their drive against the mouth of the Mississippi River. On January 8, 1815, a large British army attacked New Orleans and was decimated by an inferior American force under General Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) in the most spectacular U.S. victory of the war. The American public heard of the Battle of New Orleans and the Treaty of Ghent at approximately the same time, fostering a greater sentiment of self-confidence and shared identity throughout the young republic.


Sorry its so long, there is No wikipedia used here.
if you need more information than this you can go to http://www.history.com/topics/treaty-of-ghent

Hope this helps. :)